Dr Patrick Mitchel, Director of Studies and lecturer in theology at the Irish Bible Institute in Dublin, and author of Evangelicalism and National Identity in Ulster, 1921-1998, will speak at the Dublin launch of a new book by Claire Mitchell and me, Evangelical Journeys: Choice and Change in a Northern Irish Religious Subculture (UCD Press, [...]
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Peter Rollins and the Holy Spirit: Responding to Monty Part III
Today I continue my series on the work of Peter Rollins, in which I respond to some questions raised by a commentator called Monty on one of my earlier posts. The post Monty was responding to was called ‘Is Peter Rollins on a Mission?’ I had characterised Rollins’ approach to mission as ‘anti-conversionism’ and said [...]
Peter Rollins in Belfast 8 January – Getting the Joke of Christianity
Before my Christmas break, I started a series of posts on the work of Peter Rollins, in response to a comment from Monty. For readers in Northern Ireland, this week offers the opportunity for them to hear Rollins speak for himself. On Sunday 8 January in the Black Box, Belfast, 7.30-9.00 pm, Rollins will be [...]
Peter Rollins and Being ‘In Christ’ – Responding to Monty Part II
Last week, I wrote that I would continue responding to a comment on one of my posts about the work of Peter Rollins, written by a commentator called Monty. I posted my first response with the headline, ‘Is Peter Rollins a Universalist?’ Helpfully, Peter Rollins commented on that post. His comment saved me from further [...]
Debating the Churches’ Role in the Peace in Northern Ireland
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, featuring my thoughts on the Sunday Sequence debate on a new book by John Brewer, Gareth Higgins and Francis Teeney, Religion, Civil Society and Peace in Northern Ireland (Oxford University Press, 2011).
Jon Hatch on the Occupy Wall Street Movement
“If a bunch of tents appeared in front of our church, our first words might not be, ‘you are trespassing; we’re phoning the police’, but might be, ‘In the name of the risen Christ, welcome; how do we make this work?” That’s a question posed this week by Jon Hatch in the Church of Ireland [...]
Is Peter Rollins a Universalist?
Earlier this week, a commentator on this blog – Monty – posted a thoughtful and challenging response to one of my posts on the work of Peter Rollins. Given that the comment appeared a few days after the post, and therefore may have been overlooked by readers, I’d like to bring this discussion back into [...]
Does the Emerging Church Mix with Ecumenism? Doug Gay on Remixing the Church
I’ve recently read Doug Gay’s excellent new book, Remixing the Church: Towards an Emerging Ecclesiology (SCM, 2011), which I plan to review in full on this blog, in due course. (In due course means that we are coming to the end of our academic term, and I am even more busy than ever, so my [...]
About me
Welcome to Building a Church Without Walls, a website for people who are excited about how Christianity is developing in the 21st Century. I am a Lecturer and Coordinator of the Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation Studies Programme at Trinity College Dublin at Belfast (the Irish School of Ecumenics).
Please note this is my personal site. All views are my own and are not representative of TCD.
